STAFF REPORT LHR: The Government College University (GCU) scientists have got the honour to have the first international achievement of 2015 as the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent to the universitys Nano Fertilizer that produces healthy food and significantly increases the crop yield.

It was revealed by the Vice Chancellor Dr Khaleequr Rahman through a notification to the universitys academic and administrative heads including Director, Research Innovation and Commercialization who will forward it to the countrys leading fertilizer industries for future collaboration.

The “Nano-Leucite Fertilizer” invented by a group of GCU young scientists led by Dr Akhyar Farrukh, an associate professor of chemistry, is a revolution for green environment as it ensures minimum nutrient loss in food and increases overall production.

VC Prof. Rahman said that keep in view the global food crisis, it is necessary to increase the food production.

“Fertilizers which are in practice now have a major disadvantage that 50 percent of nutrient contents loss due to leaching and also leads to ground water contamination,” he said.

He said that Nano-Leucite Fertilizer, invented by the GCU scientists, is a specialized slow release nitrogenous fertilizer in which they have a minimum nutrient loss due to leaching.

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